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SPRING VALLEY - There are two tours inside the Spring Valley Haunted House, which will take place this weekend and next. For the kids and for the brave. A building on McKay Ave. in Spring Valley across from Sneaker's Pub and Grill, owned by Magician and Illusionist William Reed, has been completely decked out as a Haunted House which is fundraiser for both the Dunn County Humane Society for the Spring Valley High School Cheerleaders, as they raised fund for a trip to the Capitol One Bowl in Orlando, Fla.

Both Ellsworth and Prescott high schools will have home games next weekend in Level 1 of the WIAA Football Playoffs. Spring Valley, however, will be on the road. No. 3 ranked Ellsworth (9-0, 7-0) is the top seed in its Division 4 regional quadrant. The Panthers will host the Panthers of St. Croix Central (3-6, 3-3) Friday at 7 p.m. at Fuller-Symes Field. Prescott is in the same regional quadrant as Ellsworth in D-4, but the Cardinals (6-3, 4-3) are seeded No. 4 and picked up a home game vs. Spooner (6-3, 5-2) which is set for Saturday at 1 p.m.

MILWAUKEE - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued a recall of chicken and ham products from a Wisconsin-based food company. The federal agency says food products from Milwaukee-based Garden-Fresh...

Spring Valley and Elmwood/Plum City prep football teams were both beaten by top-ranked opponents in their respective season finales Friday. Valley was just edged out by No. 4 ranked Glenwood City 30-29 at Williams Stadium in Menomonie while EPC lost 42-13 to No. 5 Alma/Pepin at Pepin. Both GC and A/P are Division 7 squads. Glenwood City's Jeff Kopacz scored the winning touchdown with :39 seconds to go on a three-yard run. Kopacz rushed for 100 yards and caught two passes for 67 yards.

PRESCOTT - Dennis Schutz's 28-yard field goal with :10 seconds left in the ballgame made Ellsworth High School's football team's regular season a perfect one Friday. The kick broke a 14-14 tie against the Panthers'' Pierce County rival Prescott and gave EHS a regular season-ending 17-14 win. Ellsworth finishes 9-0, 7-0 in the Middle Border Conference for the first time since 1999. "Whether you win by one or win by 30, it's still a win," Ellsworth head coach Clair Austin said. "I'm very proud of our boys, our seniors, who make overcoming adversity a regular habit.